Analysis of Psalm XIX: The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord
Isaac Watts 1674 (Southampton, Hampshire) – 1748 (Stoke Newington, Middlesex)
The heavens declare thy glory, Lord,
In every star thy wisdom shines;
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
The rolling sun, the changing light,
And night and day, thy power confess;
But the blest volume thou hast writ
Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise
Round the whole earth, and never stand;
So when thy truth began its race,
It touched and glanced on every land.
Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest
Till through the world thy truth has run
Till Christ has all the nations blest,
That see the light or feel the sun.
Great Sun of righteousness, arise,
Bless the dark world with heavenly light:
Thy gospel makes the simple wise;
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.
Scheme | XAXA BXXC XDCD EFEF GBGB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 010011101 010011101 111010111 11110101 01010101 010111001 10110111 01110011 11010111 10110101 11110111 110111001 11110101 11011111 11110101 11011101 11110001 101111001 11010101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 727 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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